Psalms 72

¹Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.

²He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

³The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.

⁴He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor.

⁵He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

⁶He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

⁷In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.

⁸He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

⁹The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.

¹¹All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him.

¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

¹³He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

¹⁴He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.

¹⁶Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field.

¹⁷May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.

¹⁸Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.